http://www.ign.com/top-25-consoles/index.htmlSPOILER ALERTi was amazed when i read this article. i was certain the the PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox 360, maybe even SNES, would be number 1. but somehow the NES outranked them all! Wii got 10, GC 16, N64 9, SNES 4

I went through it and was almost laughing when I got upto the PS3. I could almost hear the PS3 fanboys snapping and going on a rage. Personally I thought it was going to be the SNES up the top followed by the PS2 and NES. I was kinda surprised the 360 beat the original XBox but other than that it seemed to make sense to me for the most part.

An Australian list would probably have the Master System a bit higher but.

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http://www.ign.com/top-25-consoles/index.htmlSPOILER ALERTi was amazed when i read this article. i was certain the the PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox 360, maybe even SNES, would be number 1. but somehow the NES outranked them all! Wii got 10, GC 16, N64 9, SNES 4

Surprised about the NES???

The NES saved the video game industry from hanging on a thread above the crevasse. With games that were revolutionary, pretty and epic at the same time for those days, and with lasting power to this day, the NES was and is truly the greatest video game console of all time. First-party games like The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. and Metroid introduced frameworks that are still used, perfected and replicated in many games to this day. That, combined great third-party support with titles such as Mega Man 2, makes for a console whose legacy is simply unrivaled. While systems like the Atari 2600 stood at the dawn of videogaming, the NES was the first time games had graphically recognizable worlds and storylines that were simply to advanced to be created on previous systems.

Nobody gives the NES credit so it seems. I bet over 50 percent of all gamers don't even know what gaming console errr... I mean game in general saved gaming. Those of whom that do not know Super Mario Bros. for the NES saved gaming so to speak. Mr. Miyamoto's baby.

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To be honest, I think most of that list was pretty fair. I could have seen the N64 ranking a bit higher, but other than that, that was a pretty decent list. I'm guessing that one of the most disputed places here will probably become the PS2 in third, which is too high in my opinion (I'd have had it somewhere in the 5-10 range). I can't argue with the rest of the top 5 though As for the 360 (which I've seen a lot of comments about in these various IGN top 25 threads) I would say (and I feel I'm treading on pretty delicate ground here with this being a Ninty site), but if it wasn't for the unreliability (which is appalling tbh) I think it probably just deserves it place, because if you go purely on the bases of it's features (paying for LIVE use is a pain and probably just plain greedy on microsoft's part, but you can't argue with it's online features) and line-up of exclusive games it's had over these last few years, it has a pretty impressive back-catalogue.I'd also have shifted the ol' Cube up a few places, because I recon it was a bit underrated